ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, May 16, 2008 Send Announcement items to news@sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ____________________ 2008 PRIMARY ELECTION -- SF GREEN PARTY ENDORSEMENTS http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Special Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting: Thursday, May 15, 7-9 p.m. (At 7 p.m. arrive if you wish to order dinner.) Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 572 O'Farrell St. (between Leavenworth and Jones) Look for the table with the greeting card with three wolf pups. Agenda: Farm Animal Protection Act, Zoo Transition Legislation Update, Identifying Vegan Beers and Wines. http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com * Cynthia McKinney Fundraiser: Sunday, May 18, 6-8 p.m. Brava Theater, 2781 24 St. (between Florida and Treat) Green Party Presidential candidate and former Georgia congresswoman will give a brief presentation to and Q & A session for Bay Area supporters. Please join us at this important gathering and bring your checkbook. We'd like to raise a considerable amount of money for her campaign. For more information, visit http://RunCynthiaRun.org or http://allthingscynthiamckinney.org. * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, May 21, 7:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1833 * California Primary Election: Tuesday, June 3, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sf Green Party Endorsements: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem SF Department of Elections: http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp Find Your Polling Place: http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace * National Green Party Convention: July 10-13 Chicago to Host 2008 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS Lesbian and Gay Couples Win Freedom to Marry in California http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/15/BAGAVNC5K.DTL http://action.aclunc.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=5821.0&dlv_id=9281 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-ban-on-gay-marri... http://www.letcaliforniaring.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ltJTJ6MQIuE&b=3... Peaker Plant Has Deep Economic/Environmental Flaw http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/05/13/peaker-project-has-deep-e... More Than Just Mirkarimi's Kick-Off http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2655 http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/05/12/the-crackberry-chronicles... http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2008/05/more_than_just_mirkarimis_kick.ht... Stop Big Media's Assault on our Democracy! http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/stop_big_media/ Hillary's Gift to Women http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-ehrenreich/hillarys-gift-to-women_b_10... San Francisco Pushing Fossil Fuels Over Green Energy http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/San_Francisco_Pushing_Fossil_Fuels_Over_... Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney interviewed on KALW's Your Call Radio http://yourcallradio.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-call-051208-candidates-ralph-... Racial Disparities Found to Persist as Drug Arrests Rise http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/us/05cnd-disparities.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slo...